Cleveland Cavaliers 11-12 season thread

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Jan 25, 2012 2:00pm
The East is currently home to 5 of the 6 worst teams in the league record-wise. With what could end up being a really strong draft class at the top, this could be the offseason where the EC starts to gain some ground on the West in terms of top to bottom depth.
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BR1986FB
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Jan 25, 2012 8:52pm
Cavs up 69-64 early in the 4th...
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Jan 25, 2012 9:01pm
not a fan on these grey uni's.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:04pm
^ And there's the jinx.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:06pm
Irving only playing half of the 4th quarter..just dont get why he isnt playing more minutes. The back up unit plays well, but Sessions doesnt do anything special.
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BR1986FB
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Jan 25, 2012 9:07pm
Varejao cleaning some glass...15 boards so far
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Jan 25, 2012 9:22pm
Looks like we got the W..

Just thinking..what would you guys like our roster to look like next season?
I really like a lot of our bench players. I think we are 2 starters and a year of experience away from being a pretty legit team.

I would like it to be:

Irving/Sessions
?????/Gibson
?????/Gee/Casspi
Thompson/Samuels?
Varejao/Hollins

Need to upgrade the 2 and 3 and I think this team is pretty good.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:22pm
Cavs are too good! Knicks really suck.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:23pm
BR1986FB;1065730 wrote:Varejao cleaning some glass...15 boards so far
He's been harassing Chandler all night long.

The Knicks are not good, they should be better
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Jan 25, 2012 9:30pm
Kyire had an off shooting night but didn't force anything. 1/7 with 7 points, but had 7 assists amd only 2 TO's.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:30pm
SportsAndLady;1064636 wrote:What you doin in cincy?
Med school @ UC.

Tryin to watch the cavs-knicks tonight but I get X basketball instead. Thats what I get for having cheapass cable without league pass.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:31pm
Pick6;1065739 wrote:Looks like we got the W..

Just thinking..what would you guys like our roster to look like next season?
I really like a lot of our bench players. I think we are 2 starters and a year of experience away from being a pretty legit team.

I would like it to be:

Irving/Sessions
?????/Gibson
?????/Gee/Casspi
Thompson/Samuels?
Varejao/Hollins

Need to upgrade the 2 and 3 and I think this team is pretty good.
I'd like some variation of this for 2013:

Irving/Sessions or Gibson/Craft
Harden/Doron Lamb/Buford
Gilchrist/Gee
TT/Samuels
Andy/Erdin/Omer Asik
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Jan 25, 2012 9:32pm
Is D'Antoni getting fired? This looks like another atrocious NY performance. Whose idea was it to build a team without guards?
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Jan 25, 2012 9:35pm
Mike is probably gone.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:37pm
Pick6;1065739 wrote:Just thinking..what would you guys like our roster to look like next season?
Irving/???
???/Gibson
???/Casspi/Gee
Thompson/???
???/Varejao/???

I wouldn't hate keeping Sessions or Samuels (not as a backup for Samardo, but he could be the #5 guy in the post rotation, available in case of injury), but I think that they could both certainly be upgraded. Outside of the top 12, I don't really care about the 3 guys they keep as scrubs who won't ever see the court.

And I know there's no way 5 spots are going to be overturned in the 2-deep, but that's what I would like to see.
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Jan 25, 2012 9:40pm
Irving
Jeremy Lamb
Batum (or another FA)
TT
Varejao
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Jan 25, 2012 10:08pm
Free agents I'd look at:

PG: Hinrich/Dragic
SF: Batum (restricted)/CJ Miles
C: Hibbert (restricted)/Hawes

In the draft I'd take 1 wing, maybe 2 depending on what they think they can do in the FA period. I hate free agency being after the draft. But guys I like are:

SG: J-Lamb, Jenkins, Terrence Ross, D-Lamb, Buford
SF: Barnes, MKG, P Jones, Kris Joseph, Will Barton

So I guess filling in my ??? spots from above, ideally I'd love a roster like

Irving/Hinrich
J-Lamb/Gibson
Batum/Casspi/Gee
TT/Samardo/2nd round pick
Hawes/Varejao

But I'd expect Portland to match an offer made to Batum, and I think the Cavs probably finish with the 9th-11th worst record in the league, so Lamb, Barnes, and MKG will likely be a pipe dream.

And that's still probably too much turnover for one offseason.
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Jan 25, 2012 10:28pm
chicago510;1065752 wrote:Med school @ UC.

Tryin to watch the cavs-knicks tonight but I get X basketball instead. Thats what I get for having cheapass cable without league pass.
Here my friend:

firstrowsports.tv

They'll have a couple feeds of every Bulls game.
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Jan 25, 2012 10:50pm
AV was awesome tonight. Jamison didn't look terrible either.
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Jan 25, 2012 11:21pm
Pick6;1065723 wrote:not a fan on these grey uni's.
Maybe because they are navy?
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Jan 25, 2012 11:22pm
wildcats20;1065885 wrote:Maybe because they are navy?
whatever
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Jan 25, 2012 11:23pm
lhslep134;1065837 wrote:Here my friend:

firstrowsports.tv

They'll have a couple feeds of every Bulls game.
Thanks man but actually just found that today to watch the Buckeyes game because I don't get BTN either.

Also just saw Knicks highlights and they are so bad it hurt my eyes.
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Jan 25, 2012 11:23pm


Nasty!
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Jan 25, 2012 11:28pm
wildcats20;1065885 wrote:Maybe because they are navy?
LOL I thought they were nice.

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Jan 25, 2012 11:29pm
Yeah, I like em. Not the best of the CavFanatic night jerseys, but they are nice.